The Hunger Games Quotes:
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The Hunger Games
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are a mixture of riveting rich fantasy adventure and drama. Let me
first admit that I haven't read the books, so I went into it with no
preconceptions and no prejudice and came out feeling a bit confused,
with motion sickness from too much overuse of the hand held shaking
camera and
wanting to know more! This is what I was able to grasp of the story, it
takes place in a dystopian future where the Capitol rules over the
country of Panem. Each year, the Capitol randomly selects one girl and
boy from each of the 12 districts to participate in The Hunger Games,
where the children fight to the death until only one remains. When
Katniss Everdeen younger sister is selected as one of the female
representatives, Katniss volunteers to take her younger sisters place
for the latest match. Katniss is joined by her male counterpart Peeta,
and the two embark on the trip to Capitol to face off against the other
district tributes and each other. This is a dark and engaging
fantasy
action/drama with a kick-ass female protagonist that actually works.
All in all I think this is a promising beginning to this new franchise.
Take note that the quotes displayed here are from the movie NOT the
book.

[movie starts with the
following statement]
'From the treaty of the treason: In penance for their uprising, each
district shall offer up a male and female between the ages of 12 and 18
at a public "Reaping." These Tributes shall be delivered to
the custody of the Capitol. And then transferred to a public arena
where they will Fight to the Death until a lone victor remains.
Henceforth and forevermore this pageant shall be known as The Hunger
Games.'

[first lines; the Head
Gamemaker is being interviewed in front of a live audience]Seneca Crane:
I think it's our tradition.Caesar Flickerman:
Mmhmm.Seneca Crane: It
comes out of a particularly painful part of our history.Caesar Flickerman: Yes.
Yes.Seneca Crane: But
it's been the way we've been able to heal. At first it was a reminder
of the rebellion, it was a price the districts had to pay. But I think
it has grown from that, I think it's uh...something that knits us all
together.[the audience claps]Caesar Flickerman: This
is your third year as Gamemaker. What defines your personal signature?[the scene cuts before
we can hear his answer]

[in District 13, we hear
Prim scream then Katniss comforting her younger sister]Primrose Everdeen:
No! No!Katniss Everdeen:
Shh, it's okay. It's okay, you were just dreaming. You were dreaming.Primrose Everdeen: It
was me!Katniss Everdeen: I
know. I know. But it's not. It's your first year, Prim. You're name's
only been in there once, they're not gonna pick you. Try to go to sleep.Primrose Everdeen: I
can't.Katniss Everdeen: Just
try. Just try.[Prim whispers to
Katniss asking for a song, she lies down and Katniss sings her
the first few lines]Katniss Everdeen: You
remember that song? Okay. I gotta go.[she kisses Prim's
forehead]Primrose Everdeen: Where?Katniss Everdeen: I
just gotta go. But I'll be back. I love you.

[using her hunting bow
and arrow, Katniss goes hunting for a deer in the woods, just as
she's about to shoot a deer, her friend,
Gale, playfully startles her and she misses the deer]Gale Hawthorne:
What are you gonna do with that when you kill it?Katniss Everdeen: Damn
you, Gale! It's not funny!Gale
Hawthorne: What
are you gonna do with a hundred pound deer, Katnap? It's Reaping day,
the place is crawling with Peacekeepers.Katniss Everdeen: I
was gonna sell it, to Peacekeepers.Gale Hawthorne: Of
course you were.Katniss Everdeen: Oh,
like you don't sell to Peacekeepers?Gale Hawthorne: No!
Not today!Katniss Everdeen: It
was the first deer I've seen in a year. Now I have nothing.Gale Hawthorne: Okay.[he throws a rock into a
tree startling some birds and Katniss shoots her arrow at them]

[Gale and Katniss find a
place in the woods to sit and talk]Gale Hawthorne: What
if they did? Just one year. What if everyone just stopped watching?Katniss Everdeen: But
they won't, Gale.Gale Hawthorne: What
if they did? What if we did?Katniss Everdeen: It
won't happen.Gale Hawthorne: You
root for your favorites, you cry when they get killed. It's sick!Katniss Everdeen: Yeah.Gale Hawthorne: If
no one watches, then they don't have a game. It's as simple as that.[Katniss smiles at Gale]Gale Hawthorne: What?Katniss Everdeen: Nothing!Gale Hawthorne: Fine,
laugh at me.Katniss Everdeen: I'm
not laughing at you.

Gale Hawthorne: We
could do it, you know. Take off, live in the woods. It's what we do
anyway.Katniss Everdeen: They'd
catch us.Gale Hawthorne: Maybe
not.Katniss Everdeen: Cut
out our tongues, or worse. We wouldn't make it five miles.Gale Hawthorne: No,
I'd get five miles. I'd go that way.Katniss Everdeen: I
have Prim and you have your brothers.Gale Hawthorne: They
can come too.Katniss Everdeen: Prim
in the woods?Gale Hawthorne: Well,
maybe not.Katniss Everdeen: I'm
never having kids.Gale Hawthorne: I
might. If I don't live here.Katniss Everdeen: But
you do live here.Gale Hawthorne: I
know. But if I didn't.

Gale Hawthorne: Oh,
I forgot. Here.[Gale takes out a bread
roll from his bag and gives it to Katniss]Katniss Everdeen: Oh,
my God! Is this real?Gale Hawthorne: Yeah!
It better be. It cost me a squirrel.[she splits the bread in
half and gives a piece to Gale; as they are about to eat the bread]Gale Hawthorne: Happy
Hunger Games.[Katniss jokingly does a
fake British accent]Katniss Everdeen: And
may the odds be ever in your favor.[they eat their bread in
silence for moment]Katniss Everdeen: How
many times has your name entered it?Gale Hawthorne: Forty
two. Guess the odds aren't exactly in my favor.

[after Prim and Katniss
put on their finest clothing for the reaping]Katniss Everdeen: You
wanna see what I got you today?[Katniss gives the pin
she got earlier at the market to Prim]Katniss Everdeen: It's
a mockingjay pin, to protect you. And as long as you have it, nothing
bad will happen to you. Okay? I promise.

[at the reaping
after all the District 12 adults children are
accounted for, the announcer for Hunger Games addresses then all]Effie Trinket: Welcome!
Welcome! Welcome! Happy Hunger Games. And may the odds be ever in your
favor. Now, before we begin, we have a very special film brought to you
all the way from the Capitol.[a film showing the how
the Hunger Games began begins]

[President Snow
narrates the film showing how The Hunger Games began]President Snow:[voice over]
War, terrible war. Widows, orphans, a motherless child. This was the
uprising that rocked our land. Thirteen districts rebelled against the
country that fed them, loved them, protected them. Brother turned on
brother until nothing remained. And then came the peace, hard fought,
sorely won. The people rose up from the ashes and a new era was born.
But freedom has a cost and the traitors were defeated. We swore as a
nation we would never know this treason again. And so it was decreed,
that each year, the various districts of Panem would offer up in
tribute, one young man and woman, to fight to the death in a pageant of
honor, courage and sacrifice. The lone victor bathed in riches, would
serve as a reminder of our generosity and our forgiveness. This is how
we remember our past. This is how we safeguard our future.

Effie Trinket: Now
the time has come for us to select one courageous young man and woman
for the honor of representing District 12 in the 74th annual Hunger
Games. As usual, ladies first.[Effie picks a
pieces of paper from a large bowl containing all the children's names,
she opens it and reads out the name]Effie Trinket: Primrose
Everdeen. Where are you dear? Well, come on up.[a scared looking Prim
hesitates]Effie Trinket: Well,
come on up![Prim walks slowly
towards the stage, suddenly Katniss steps out and calls out to Prim]Katniss Everdeen: Prim!
Prim![the guards stop Katniss
from approaching Prim]Katniss Everdeen:
No! I volunteer! I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!Effie Trinket:
I believe
we have a volunteer.

[after volunteering to
take Prim's place in the Hunger Games]Katniss Everdeen: You
need to get out of here! You need to get out of here!Primrose Everdeen: No!Katniss Everdeen: Go
find mom!Primrose Everdeen: No!Katniss Everdeen: Prim,
go find mom!Primrose Everdeen: No!Katniss Everdeen: I'm
so sorry!Primrose Everdeen: No!Katniss Everdeen: Go
find mom!Primrose Everdeen: No![Gale steps out his line
and walks up them and takes Prim away as she cries]

[as a nervous and
shocked looking Katniss approaches the stage]Effie
Trinket: District
12's very fist volunteer. Come on up. Come on, dear.[Katniss walks
up onto the stage]Effie Trinket: What's
your name?Katniss Everdeen: Katniss
Everdeen.Effie Trinket: Well,
I bet my hat that was your sister, wasn't it?Katniss Everdeen: Yes.Effie Trinket: Let's
have a big hand for our very first volunteer, Katniss Everdeen.[Effie claps but there's
silence from the audience as they hold up their hand in tribute to
Katniss]

[after Katniss has been
introduced on stage]Effie Trinket: And
now for the boys.[Effie picks out another
paper and reads out the name]Effie Trinket: Peeta
Mellark.[Peeta walks up and
steps onto the stage]Effie Trinket: Here
we are. Our tributes from District 12. Well, come on you two, shake
hands.[Katniss recognizes
Peeta and in a flashback, we see Peeta standing outside a
bakery when he sees Katniss sitting alone, starving in the
rain]Effie Trinket: Happy
Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.[Katniss and Peeta shake
hands]

[Katniss is ushered into
a room and given 3 minutes to spend with her mother and Prim,
who is crying as she hugs Katniss]Katniss Everdeen: Prim,
I don't have much time. Prim, listen. You're gonna be okay. Don't take
any extra food from them, it isn't worth putting in your name more
times, okay? Listen, Gale will bring you game, you can sell cheese from
your goat.Primrose Everdeen: Just
try to win, if you can.Katniss Everdeen: Of
course. Any maybe I can, I am smart, you know.Primrose Everdeen: You
can hunt.Katniss Everdeen: Exactly.[Prim gives Katniss the
mockingjay pin Katniss had give to her earlier]Primrose Everdeen: To
protect you.Katniss Everdeen: Thank
you.[she hugs and kisses
Prim]

Katniss Everdeen: You
can't tune out again.Katniss' Mother:
I won't.Katniss Everdeen: No,
you can't. Not like when dad died. I won't be there anymore, you're all
she has. No matter what you feel, you have to be there for her. Do you
understand?[Katniss' mother nods
with tears in her eyes]Katniss Everdeen: Don't
cry.[she hugs her mother]Katniss Everdeen: Don't
cry. Don't.[the guards comes into
the room and take Katniss' mother and a crying Prim out of the room]

[Gale comes into the
room that Katniss has been put in and he immediately hugs Katniss]Katniss
Everdeen:
I'm fine.Gale Hawthorne: Yeah,
I know.Katniss
Everdeen:
I am.Gale Hawthorne: Listen
to me, you're stronger than they are. You are. Get to a bow.Katniss
Everdeen:
I may not have a bow...Gale Hawthorne: You
will if you get to show 'em how good you are. They
just want a good show, that's all they want. If they don't have a bow,
then you make one, okay? You know how to hunt.Katniss
Everdeen:
Animals.Gale Hawthorne: There's
no difference, Katniss.Katniss Everdeen: They're
twenty four of us, Gale, and only one comes out.Katniss Everdeen: Yeah,
and it's gonna be you.[a guard comes into the
room to get Gale]Peacekeeper #1:
Okay.Katniss Everdeen: Take
care of 'em, Gale. Whatever you do, don't let them starve![Katniss hugs Gale again
before the guard ushers Gale out of the room]Peacekeeper #1: Let's
go.Gale Hawthorne: I'll
see you soon, okay?[Gale is taken out of
the room]

[as they travel on a
very fancy looking train]Effie Trinket: Two
hundred miles per hour and you can barely feel a thing. I think it's
one of the wonderful things about this opportunity, that even though
you're here and even though it's just for a little while, you get to
enjoy all of this.[Katniss and Peeta just
stare at her]Effie Trinket: I'm
going to find Haymitch. He's probably in the bar car.[she gets up and leaves]

[after Effie leaves to
look for Haymitch]Peeta Mellark: Have
you ever met him? Haymitch?[Katniss doesn't reply]Peeta Mellark: You
know, Katniss, he is our mentor. He did win this thing once.[Katniss continues to
ignore Peeta]Peeta Mellark: Look,
you know, if you don't wanna I understand. But I just don't think
there's anything wrong with getting a little bit of help.[Katniss has flashback
to when she first saw as she sat starving in the rain,
she saw Peeta outside the bakery throwing bread to
the pigs nearby]

[after Haymitch walks
into their train cart, looking drunk and helping himself to a drink]Peeta Mellark: Okay.
So, uh....so when do we start?Haymitch Abernathy:
Woh. Woh. You're so eager. Most of you aren't in such a hurry.Peeta Mellark: Yeah,
I wanna know what the plan is. You're our mentor, you're supposed to...Haymitch Abernathy: Mentor?Peeta Mellark: Yeah.
Our mentor, you're supposed to tell us how to get sponsors and give us
advice.Haymitch Abernathy: Oh.
Okay. Um...embrace the probability of your imminent death. And know, in
your heart, that there's nothing I can do to save you.Katniss Everdeen: So
why are you here then?[holding up his glass of
alcohol]Haymitch Abernathy: Oh,
the refreshments.Peeta Mellark: Okay,
I think that's enough of that.[Peeta tries to get the
drink out of Haymitch hand but Haymitch stops him and holds him with
his foot on his chest]Haymitch Abernathy: You
made me spill my drink. It's a brand new pants. You know, I think I'll
go finish this in my room.[Haymitch gets up and
leaves]Peeta Mellark: He's
gonna come around.[Peeta gets up to go
after Haymitch]Katniss Everdeen: It's
no use!Peeta Mellark: I'm
gonna go talk to him.

[in the morning
as they continue to ride on the train, Katniss notices Peeta
is talking to Haymitch over breakfast]Haymitch Abernathy: You'd
freeze to death first.Peeta Mellark: No,
cause I'd have a lot of fire.Haymitch Abernathy: No,
that's a good way to get killed.[Katniss comes up behind
them]

Katniss Everdeen: What's
a good way to get killed?Haymitch Abernathy: Oh,
joy! Why don't you join us? I was just giving some life saving advice.Katniss Everdeen: Like
what?Peeta Mellark: Oh,
I was just asking about how to find shelterHaymitch Abernathy: Which
would come in handy if in fact you were still alive.Katniss Everdeen: How
do you find shelter?Haymitch Abernathy: Pass
the jam?[Katniss ignores his
request]Katniss Everdeen: How
do you find shelter?Haymitch Abernathy: Give
me a chance to wake up, sweetheart. This mentoring is very taxing stuff.[he pours alcohol into
his coffee]Haymitch Abernathy: Can
you pass the marmalade?[suddenly in anger,
Katniss stabs a knife into the dining table]Effie Trinket: That
is mahogany!Haymitch Abernathy: Look
at you, you just killed a place mat.

Haymitch Abernathy: You
really wanna know how to stay alive? You get people to like you.[Katniss looks surprised
at his comment]Haymitch Abernathy: Oh!
Not what you were expecting. Well, when you're in the middle of the
games, and you're starving or freezing, some water, a knife or even
some matches can mean the difference between life and death. And those
things only come from sponsors, and to get sponsors, you have to make
people like you. And right now, sweetheart, you're not off to a real
good start.[as they enter the
Capitol, Peeta gets up and look out the train window]Peeta Mellark: There
it is. It's huge! It's incredible.[as the train is pulling
to a stop they see crowd of people waiting outside cheering them, Peeta
smiles and waves at them, he turns to Katniss to join him]Peeta Mellark: Come
on! Come on![Haymitch turns to
Katniss]Haymitch Abernathy: You
better keep this knife, he knows what he's doing.

[we're back to the first
scene we saw, where the Head Gamemaker is being interviewed in front of
a live audience]Caesar Flickerman: So
now that you've seen them, what do you think about this year's crop of
recruits? Are there any surprises that we can expect this year?Seneca Crane: It's
really hard to tell just from a reaping, but I think this is a very
interesting mix.Caesar Flickerman: Yeah.Seneca Crane: Whenever
you have a volunteer from an outlying district, that's something you
uh...you can't ignore.

[as Katniss is made to
have a makeover, she sees two of the stylist whispering something about
her]Katniss Everdeen:
What's that? What's that?Flavius:
We're just saying we might need to hose you down again before we take
you to Cinna.

[Katniss meets
her personal stylist, Cinna]Cinna: That
was one of the bravest things I've ever seen, for your sister. My name
is Cinna.Katniss Everdeen: Katniss.Cinna: I'm
sorry that this happened to you and I'm here to help you in any way
that I can.Katniss Everdeen: Most
people just congratulate me.Cinna: Well,
I don't see the point in that. So tonight they have the tribute parade,
they're gonna take you out and show you off to the world.Katniss Everdeen: So
you're here to make me look pretty?Cinna: I'm
here to help you make an impression. Now usually they dress people in
the clothes from their district.Katniss Everdeen: Yeah,
ours was coal miners.Cinna: Yeah,
but I don't wanna do that. I wanna do something that they're gonna
remember. Did they explain about trying to get sponsors?Katniss Everdeen: Yeah,
but I'm not very good at making friends.Cinna: We'll
see. I just think somebody that brave shouldn't be dressed up in some
stupid costume now, should they?Katniss Everdeen: I
hope not.

[at the
tribute
parade, talking into the TV camera, commentating on the parade]Caesar Flickerman: Over
one hundred thousand people craning to get a glimpse at this year's
tributes. And the sponsors get to see the tributes for the first time.
The importance of this moment cannot be overstated.

[commentating as the
tributes enter the arena on their chariots, each dressed in costumes]Caesar Flickerman: There
they are! There they are! Claudius Templesmith:
This year's tributes!Caesar Flickerman: It
looks exciting.Claudius Templesmith: It
just gives you goose bumps.Caesar Flickerman: Don't
you love how the stylists, they so clearly are able to reflect the
character of each district?Claudius Templesmith: Mm.Caesar Flickerman: Here's
district 4. Yes, the fishing. I get it. I like it.Claudius Templesmith: That's
very good.Caesar Flickerman: And
behind them, we have two power plant workers. Right?[they both laugh]Caesar Flickerman: And
then... What is that? In the background?[we see Katniss and
Peeta enter on their chariot, dressed in flame costumes making
the crowd cheer louder for them]

[as Peeta grabs hold of
Katniss hands and holds up their joined hands in the air]Caesar Flickerman: Now
see that! I love that! Two young people, holding their hands up,
saying; 'I'm proud I come from district 12. We will not be overlooked.'
Now I love that!Claudius Templesmith: People
are sure to be paying attention to them right now.[the crowd cheers loudly
for Peeta and Katniss]

[as the tributes
take
their place in the arena in front of President Snow]President Snow:
Tributes, we welcome you. We salute the courage and your sacrifice. And
we wish you Happy Hunger Games. And may the odds be ever in your favor.[the crowd cheers]

[backstage after the
tributes opening ceremony in the arena]Cinna: That
was amazing!Effie Trinket: We
are all anybody's going to be talking about!Haymitch Abernathy: So
brave.Katniss Everdeen: Are
you sure you should be near an opening flame?Haymitch Abernathy: Fake
flame. Are you sure you...?[Haymitch's eye gets
caught by one of the male contenders who's looking straight at him]Haymitch Abernathy: Let's
uh...let's go upstairs.

[addressing the tributes
at their first day of training]Portia: In
two weeks, twenty three of you will be dead, one of you will be alive.
Who that is depends on how well you pay attention over the next four
days. Particularly to what I'm about to say. First; no fighting with
the other tributes, you'll have plenty of time for that at the arena.
There are four compulsory exercises, the rest will be individual
training. My advice is don't ignore the survival skills. Everybody
wants to grab a sword, but most of you will die from natural causes,
ten percent from infection, twenty percent from dehydration. Exposure
can kill as easily as a knife.

[referring to one of the
other tributes, Cato, who'd caused a raucous earlier at their training
session]Haymitch Abernathy: He's
a career. You know what that is?Katniss Everdeen: From
district 1.Haymitch Abernathy: And
2. They train in a special academy until they're eighteen then they
volunteer, by that point, they're pretty lethal.Effie Trinket: But
they don't receive any special treatment. In fact, they stay in the
exact same apartment as you do. And I don't think they let them have
desert, and you can.Peeta Mellark: So
how good are they?Haymitch Abernathy: Obviously
they're pretty good. They win it almost every year, but...Effie Trinket: Almost.Haymitch Abernathy: They
can be arrogant, and arrogance can be a big problem.

Haymitch Abernathy: I
hear you can shoot.Katniss Everdeen: I'm
alright.Peeta Mellark: She's
better than alright, my father buys her squirrels. He says she hits
them right in the eye every time.Katniss Everdeen: Peeta's
strong.Peeta Mellark: What?Katniss Everdeen: He
can throw a hundred pound of sack of flour right over his head, I've
seen it.Peeta Mellark: Okay,
well I'm not gonna kill anybody with a sack of flour.Katniss Everdeen: No,
but you might have a better chance of winning if somebody comes after
you with a knife.Peeta Mellark: I
have no chance of winning! None! Alright? It's true. Everybody knows
it.
Do you know what my mother said? She said district 12 might finally
have a winner. But she wasn't talking about me, she was talking about
you.[Katniss looks away from
Peeta and the table goes quite]Peeta Mellark: I'm
not very hungry.[Peeta leaves the table,
Katniss has flashback again to when she first
saw Peeta outside the bakery, this time we see that after throwing
bread yo the nearby pigs he sees Katniss and throws some bread towards
her]Katniss
Everdeen: I'm done too.

[during training
Peeta
falls from whilst climbing up some rope, the career tributes laugh at
him]Katniss Everdeen: Throw
that metal thing over there.Peeta Mellark: What?
No. Haymitch said we're not supposed to show our skills.Katniss Everdeen: I
don't care what Haymitch said. Those guys are looking at you like
you're a meal. Throw it.[Peeta gets up,
picks up
one of the metal ball and throws it and the other tributes look at him
with respect]

[to Katniss and Peeta]Haymitch Abernathy: Tomorrow
they'll bring you in one by one, they'll evaluate you. This is
important cause higher ratings will mean sponsors. This is the time to
show them everything. They'll be a bow, make sure you use it. Peeta,
you make sure to show your strength. They'll start with district 1, so
the two of you will go last. Well, I don't know how else to put this.
Make sure they remember you.

[referring to how
Katniss, during her evaluation after missing her target whilst shooting
her bow had then shot her arrow at the sponsors after they ignored her
second attempt]Effie Trinket: Are
you crazy?Katniss Everdeen: I
just got mad.Effie Trinket: Mad?
You realize that your actions reflect badly on all of us, not just you!Cinna: They
just want a good show, it's fine.Effie Trinket: How
about it's just bad manner, Cinna? How about that? [as Haymitch walks into
the room]Effie Trinket: Well,
finally! I hope you noticed, we have a serious situation.[Haymitch smiles and
shows his thumb up at Katniss and Peeta]Haymitch Abernathy: Nice
shooting, sweetheart. What did they...what did they do when you shot
the apple?Katniss Everdeen: Well
they look pretty startled.Haymitch Abernathy: Oh!
Now what did you say? 'Thanks for your...Katniss Everdeen: Thanks
for your consideration.Haymitch Abernathy: Genius!
Genius.Effie Trinket: I
don't think we're gonna find this funny if the gamemakers decide to
take it out...Haymitch Abernathy: On
who? On her? On him? I think they already have. Loosen your corset,
have a drink. I would have given anything to see it.

[as they watch the TV
for as Flickerman makes the announcement of each tributes rating after
their evaluation, they are rated on a scale of 1 to 12]Caesar Flickerman: Peeta
Mellark, score of...eight.Cinna: Excellent.
Bravo.Effie Trinket: We
can work with that.[they watch the TV again
as Flickerman is about to announce Katniss' rating]Caesar Flickerman: And
finally. From district 12, Katniss Everdeen. With a score of...eleven.[everyone is shocked and
excited, Peeta looking a bit jealous, turns to Katniss]Peeta Mellark: Congratulations.Katniss Everdeen: I
thought they hated me.Haymitch Abernathy: They
must have liked your guts.Cinna: To
Katniss Everdeen, the girl on fire!